Competency Level Definitions
Beginner: Focused on fundamentals or best practices; target an audience with < 3 years' experience.
Intermediate: How to use a skill or service; targets an audience with 3-5 years' experience. These audience members typically work independently with a strong foundation for their skills.
Advanced: More detail on how a skill or service works; targets an audience with > 5 years' experience. These audience members are considered coaches or guides for others in their field.
* Indicates Commonwealth of PA Employee
7:45 - 8:45 am
Networking Breakfast | Great American Hall
8:30 - 8:45 am
Welcome | Dr. Carrie Rowe, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Education | Great American Hall
Monday, March 30th
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
What Special Education Administrators Need To Know
Carole Clancy, Bureau Director of Special Education, will present how to complete the special education data collection process from the lens of an LEA Director. The session is filled with helpful hints for accuracy and efficiencies. It is a must see for all LEA special education directors that may not know how excel tools can support the process.
Presenter: Carole Clancy*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Nigerian
Implementing Online Testing Statewide
Representatives from PDE and DRC will walk districts through the steps for implementing online PSSA and Keystone testing, including technology preparation, test set up, student preparation, technology enhanced items, embedded accommodations, and the Firefly benchmark.
Presenter: Beth Gannon*, Megan Clementi, Brian Truesdale, Kevin Trenholm
Competency Level: Intermediate
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Aztec
Economically Disadvantaged Qualifiers-Preparing for the 26-27 PIMS Requirement
This presentation will provide guidance on preparation for required reporting of Economically Disadvantaged status qualifiers for the 26-27 School Year. Presenters will provide background of why the the new fields are being collected and will address proper identification of students for all ED qualifier types for reporting to PIMS.
Presenters: Melissa Graybill*, Jessica Sites*, Jennifer Jarrett*, Matthew Butensky, Ashley McCann*
Competency Level: Intermediate
Session Type: Panel Discussion
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Special Education Fiscal Considerations
Learn how your Special Education data impacts subsidy and your LEA's bottom line.
Presenter: Barry Frank
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Nigerian
From Attendance to Agency: Building Youth-Centered Data Systems in Out-ofSchool-Time Programs
In this interactive session, participants will explore how out-of-school-time (OST) programs can use data to truly support young people - not monitor, track, or discipline them. Drawing from DREAM - Philly’s youth development model, this session highlights strategies for collecting, analyzing, and sharing data that respect youth autonomy and elevate their voices. Participants will examine real examples of how DREAM engages youth in creating feedback tools, shaping program design, and participating in their own narrative-building. Through hands-on activities, attendees will design a sample youth-centered survey or data protocol and consider how to bring participatory evaluation practices into their own work. This session pushes beyond traditional compliance reporting and introduces liberatory, equity-centered approaches to youth data.
Presenter: Causha Spellman-Timmons
Competency Level: Advanced
Session Type: Workshop
Location: Upper Level, Aztec
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Tuesday, March 31st
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
What Special Education Administrators Need To Know
Carole Clancy, Bureau Director of Special Education, will present how to complete the special education data collection process from the lens of an LEA Director. The session is filled with helpful hints for accuracy and efficiencies. It is a must see for all LEA special education directors that may not know how excel tools can support the process.
Presenter: Carole Clancy*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Nigerian
Implementing Online Testing Statewide
Representatives from PDE and DRC will walk districts through the steps for implementing online PSSA and Keystone testing, including technology preparation, test set up, student preparation, technology enhanced items, embedded accommodations, and the Firefly benchmark.
Presenter: Beth Gannon*, Megan Clementi, Brian Truesdale, Kevin Trenholm
Competency Level: Intermediate
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Aztec
Economically Disadvantaged Qualifiers-Preparing for the 26-27 PIMS Requirement
This presentation will provide guidance on preparation for required reporting of Economically Disadvantaged status qualifiers for the 26-27 School Year. Presenters will provide background of why the the new fields are being collected and will address proper identification of students for all ED qualifier types for reporting to PIMS.
Presenters: Melissa Graybill*, Jessica Sites*, Jennifer Jarrett*, Matthew Butensky, Ashley McCann*
Competency Level: Intermediate
Session Type: Panel Discussion
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Special Education Fiscal Considerations
Learn how your Special Education data impacts subsidy and your LEA's bottom line.
Presenter: Barry Frank
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Nigerian
From Attendance to Agency: Building Youth-Centered Data Systems in Out-ofSchool-Time Programs
In this interactive session, participants will explore how out-of-school-time (OST) programs can use data to truly support young people - not monitor, track, or discipline them. Drawing from DREAM - Philly’s youth development model, this session highlights strategies for collecting, analyzing, and sharing data that respect youth autonomy and elevate their voices. Participants will examine real examples of how DREAM engages youth in creating feedback tools, shaping program design, and participating in their own narrative-building. Through hands-on activities, attendees will design a sample youth-centered survey or data protocol and consider how to bring participatory evaluation practices into their own work. This session pushes beyond traditional compliance reporting and introduces liberatory, equity-centered approaches to youth data.
Presenter: Causha Spellman-Timmons
Competency Level: Advanced
Session Type: Workshop
Location: Upper Level, Aztec
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Wednesday, April 1st
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
What Special Education Administrators Need To Know
Carole Clancy, Bureau Director of Special Education, will present how to complete the special education data collection process from the lens of an LEA Director. The session is filled with helpful hints for accuracy and efficiencies. It is a must see for all LEA special education directors that may not know how excel tools can support the process.
Presenter: Carole Clancy*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Nigerian
Implementing Online Testing Statewide
Representatives from PDE and DRC will walk districts through the steps for implementing online PSSA and Keystone testing, including technology preparation, test set up, student preparation, technology enhanced items, embedded accommodations, and the Firefly benchmark.
Presenter: Beth Gannon*, Megan Clementi, Brian Truesdale, Kevin Trenholm
Competency Level: Intermediate
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Aztec
Economically Disadvantaged Qualifiers-Preparing for the 26-27 PIMS Requirement
This presentation will provide guidance on preparation for required reporting of Economically Disadvantaged status qualifiers for the 26-27 School Year. Presenters will provide background of why the the new fields are being collected and will address proper identification of students for all ED qualifier types for reporting to PIMS.
Presenters: Melissa Graybill*, Jessica Sites*, Jennifer Jarrett*, Matthew Butensky, Ashley McCann*
Competency Level: Intermediate
Session Type: Panel Discussion
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Special Education Fiscal Considerations
Learn how your Special Education data impacts subsidy and your LEA's bottom line.
Presenter: Barry Frank
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Nigerian
From Attendance to Agency: Building Youth-Centered Data Systems in Out-ofSchool-Time Programs
In this interactive session, participants will explore how out-of-school-time (OST) programs can use data to truly support young people - not monitor, track, or discipline them. Drawing from DREAM - Philly’s youth development model, this session highlights strategies for collecting, analyzing, and sharing data that respect youth autonomy and elevate their voices. Participants will examine real examples of how DREAM engages youth in creating feedback tools, shaping program design, and participating in their own narrative-building. Through hands-on activities, attendees will design a sample youth-centered survey or data protocol and consider how to bring participatory evaluation practices into their own work. This session pushes beyond traditional compliance reporting and introduces liberatory, equity-centered approaches to youth data.
Presenter: Causha Spellman-Timmons
Competency Level: Advanced
Session Type: Workshop
Location: Upper Level, Aztec
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad
Staff Reporting for ACT 45/ACT 48, PERMS and Accurate Work History
Review how reporting of staff assignment and job class code has far reaching impacts such ACT 45 requirements, Work History for Level II attainment.
Presenters: Carrie Anderson*, Melissa Graybill*
Competency Level: Beginner
Session Type: Standard Oral Presentation
Location: Upper Level, Trinidad